plus, senator ron johnson will join us in studio to talk budgets, minimum wage and obama care. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning. taking a look at futures. see how things are setting themselves up for the day. we have green arrows, dow looks like it would open about three points higher. shares of gilead getting a boost this morning. >>> coming up, american airlines completing the merger with u.s. air after all of this. we have the very first interview with doug parker at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. but first, stocks, bonds and the taper. making his way to the set with his market wisdom right here on "squawk box" when we return. every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. the united states population is going to